Historic landfill sites in Clay Cross, Derbyshire
The Environment Agency records 19 historic landfill sites in and around Clay Cross, Derbyshire. covering roughly 91 hectares in total. The largest is Morton Road at 31.42 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.
Recorded landfill boundaries around Clay Cross (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).
All recorded sites, largest first
| Site | Area | Last input | Waste types |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Road | 31.42 ha | 1986 | SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Strathfield Farm, Smithymoor Bridge | 14.94 ha | 1986 | IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Egstow Quarry Site - Brassington Lane | 10.32 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Smithymoor Farm | 7.04 ha | 1990 | Industrial |
| L.A. Tip | 4.94 ha | — | Commercial |
| Birkin Lane | 4.62 ha | — | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert |
| Derbyshire County Council | 4.62 ha | 1986 | Liquid / sludgeIndustrialInert |
| 6 Green Lane | 2.45 ha | 1986 | IndustrialInert |
| Nursery off Park House Lane | 1.59 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Off Clay Lane - High Street | 1.49 ha | 1982 | Inert |
| Long Lane Farm, Land Off Mansfield Road | 1.48 ha | 1992 | IndustrialInert |
| Bolehill Quarry | 1.21 ha | 1994 | Inert |
| Bridge Street | 1.02 ha | 1994 | IndustrialHouseholdInert |
| Bolehill Quarry | 0.69 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Hollins Green | 0.68 ha | 1994 | IndustrialInert |
| Derbyshire County Council Waste Disposal Site | 0.66 ha | — | Industrial |
| Dismantled Railway | 0.64 ha | — | Waste types not recorded |
| Cottage Farm | 0.53 ha | 1981 | IndustrialInert |
| Pit Lane | 0.49 ha | 1985 | Inert |
What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.
Common questions
- How many former landfill sites are there in Clay Cross?
- 19 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Clay Cross town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
- How do I check a specific address in Clay Cross?
- Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.
Nearby areas
Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.